Jonathan Gould

Gould had a spell in New Zealand in 1989 playing for Napier City Rovers, where he won the New Zealand National Soccer League. Of note, Gould could not get a game in goal for Napier City Rovers and instead played for them as a defender. He returned to Britain and played for Clevedon Town, Halifax Town and West Bromwich Albion before making his name at Coventry City for whom he played 27 games between 1992 and 1996; first under his father Bobby and later under Phil Neal. He was given a free transfer by the Sky Blues in 1996 and joined 2nd Division Bradford City on deadline day. In May 1996 he played in Bradford City's 2-0 play off final victory against Notts County at Wembley, earning the club promotion to Division One (now known as The Championship). The following season, he was replaced at Bradford by Mark Schwarzer. Celtic plucked Gould from Bradford City's reserves in August 1997 and he made his debut on 9 August 1997 in a 7–0 away win over Berwick Rangers in the Scottish League Cup. He quickly became one of the mainstays of the great championship winning side that prevented Rangers completing 10 in a row. Gould kept 24 clean sheets in 48 appearances that season and his performance in a gruelling 1–0 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie in March 1998 was particularly outstanding. In addition to his league championship winner's medal, Gould also picked a Scottish League Cup winner's medal that season in Celtic's 3–0 win over Dundee United in November 1997. He also placed third…

Gould qualified to play for Scotland on the basis that his grandparents came from Blantyre in Lanarkshire. After an outstanding season at Celtic, he was called up to the international side for the 1998 World Cup but was third choice behind Jim Leighton and Neil Sullivan. After the competition he remained in the squad deputising for Sullivan and won his first cap on 9 October 1999 in a 3–0 win over Lithuania at Hampden in a qualifier tie for UEFA Euro 2000. Gould won his second and last cap a year later on 15 November 2000 in a 0–2 defeat in a friendly at Hampden against Australia. Upon losing his first team place at Celtic to Rab Douglas, Gould drifted out of the international scene. His form at Preston North End a couple of years later won him a recall to the squad in November 2003 for the two-legged Euro 2004 qualifier against the Netherlands, albeit he did not play in either game.

In 2006, he became manager of New Zealand club Hawke's Bay United, assisted by his father Bobby Gould. In 2009, he left this role to take up an assistant coaching position with Wellington Phoenix FC. After two seasons with the Phoenix both of which resulted in the club reaching the finals series, Gould left to join Perth Glory and work alongside his former Rangers adversary Ian Ferguson. It was announced on 26 April 2012 Gould was returning to New Zealand on a two-year deal to continue his previous role as goalkeeping coach with the Wellington Phoenix. On 16 February 2015 Jonathan Gould joined West Bromwich Albion as their first-team goalkeeping coach, working for manager Tony Pulis. After Pulis moved to Middlesbrough, Gould was appointed to the goalkeeping coach position there in January 2018. Gould was released from his position at Middlesbrough in May 2019. He was named Preston North End goalkeeping coach as of 12 August 2019, but returned to Napier City Rovers as a Goalkeeping coach for the Rovers Talent Pathway Programme. In March 2022 Gould was appointed the goalkeeping coach for New Zealand. Gould returned to England in December 2022 joining Stoke City. He left his role with Stoke in December 2023. In July 2024, Gould was recruited by new A-League club Auckland FC as a goalkeeping coach. In May 2026, Gould departed Auckland FC after two years at the club, having helped the side win the A-League Premiership in 2024–25, and the A-League Men Championship in 2026. In June…

Gould was born in England and is the elder son of former Wales and Wimbledon manager Bobby Gould. He attended Bristol Grammar School and later worked in banks for a few years, in Bristol and London.